War of the Worlds

Frank Rich: In Defense Of The Balloon Boy Dad

New York Times | FRANK RICH | Posted 10.25.2009 | Media

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For a country desperate for good news, the now-deflated "balloon boy" spectacle would seem to be the perfect tonic. As Wolf Blitzer of CNN summed up t...

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War of the Worlds: London, 1898; Kabul, 2009

Tom Engelhardt | Posted 10.08.2009 | Politics

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The US may now be represented in the Afghan countryside, mainly by Predators and their even more powerful cousins, Reapers, unmanned aerial vehicles with names straight out of a sci-fi film about implacable aliens.

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H.G. Wells: Google Logo Celebrates "War Of The Worlds" Writer's Birthday (VIDEO)

Posted 11.21.2009 | Technology

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Google puzzled users when a mysterious, unexplained crop circle logo appeared on its homepage. Today, another one showed up on the Google site. The...

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Martians Land in Quito

Cecilia Alvear | Posted 03.16.2009 | World

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Sixty years ago, on the night of February 12, 1949, the Martians landed in my hometown of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. I am here as a visitor to this now big city reminiscing.